ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΩΝ, μισθοφορων
MISTHOPHORŌN, misthophorōn
Sounds Like: mis-tho-pho-RON
Translations: of mercenaries, of hired soldiers, of hired servants
From the root: ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to individuals who are paid to serve, typically in a military capacity as soldiers, but can also refer to other types of hired laborers or servants. It is a compound word derived from 'μισθός' (misthos), meaning 'wages' or 'pay', and 'φέρω' (pherō), meaning 'to bear' or 'to carry', implying someone who 'carries' or 'receives' wages.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3401 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΟΙ — mercenaries, hired soldiers
- ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΟΙΣ — to mercenaries, for mercenaries
- ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΟΣ — hireling, a hireling, mercenary, a mercenary, hired servant, a hired servant, hired man, a hired man, hired
- ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΟΥΣ — mercenaries, a mercenary, hired soldiers, hired men
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